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-art
unknown · 78% connection
The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of Germ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Acre
noun · 78% connection
A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Acrostic
noun · 78% connection
A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Anglicize
verb · 78% connection
To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Anglo-
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A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Black letter
unknown · 78% connection
The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Byzantine
noun · 78% connection
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Cord
noun · 78% connection
A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Decillion
noun · 78% connection
According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the Frenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Douay Bible
unknown · 78% connection
A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
En-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written ind…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Englishry
noun · 78% connection
A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Female rhymes
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double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accente…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Four-in-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Fuchsia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Gallicism
noun · 78% connection
A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Grating
noun · 78% connection
A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
Key
noun · 78% connection
A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: french, versification, imitated, english, three.
